Wei Nian sneered, "I've only heard of people treating guests to drinks when a business opens, but I've never heard of people asking for flower baskets so bluntly. Although I'm pursuing you, let's be honest. I'm just being naughty this time."
If Wei Nian is still single after getting married, one reason is that he was mean and said harsh words to Chen Xuan in advance, saying that they can't be husband and wife without love. Now, he has love, but Chen Xuan's love has not kept up, so Wei Nian is still hanging in the balance. The other reason is Wei Nian's mouth. He talks to people outside normally, but he won't say nice things to Chen Xuan. Wei Nian really puts more effort into Chen Xuan than he says. Wei Nian is really teaching her step by step.
Fortunately, Chen Xuan is a diligent student. She often hears Wei Nian laugh at her. Anyway, Chen Xuan has always been honest, with honest temperament, honest vision, and honest goals. Chen Xuan has only one cognition in her honest life. As long as she can learn skills, she is not afraid of being laughed at. Chen Xuan thought for a while, "I have never done business. I have thought about these things myself, but I don't know if they are right. Speaking of this, Brother An Nian, please help me think about it."
"Tell me, what do you think?" Wei Nian acted like the master in charge.
Chen Xuan said she had thought about it, and it wasn't a lie. She pursed her lips, straightened her back, and said, "Ayin and I went to see other people's openings. There were rows of flower baskets outside, and firecrackers were set off. It was so lively. We also want to do the same, so I want you, Brother Nian, to give us a flower basket. I've thought about it, you don't have to spend money, I'll spend the money to order the flower basket, and Brother Nian, as long as you agree, I can write your name on it."
"You are quite cunning." Wei Nian teased and corrected Chen Xuan, "Your thinking is wrong. You see a row of flower baskets and firecrackers outside other people's houses, and you want to do the same. This idea is correct. But you have to think about why they are so lively, and you have to pay for flower baskets yourself to join in the fun."
"They invited a lot of people, and we can't invite that many people."
"You haven't even invited them yet, how do you know you can't come?" Wei Nian spread his hands and looked at Chen Xuan, "I've been asked by you to send a flower basket, but I haven't even received a single notice for your opening."
“I still need to send a post?”
"This is so new. You borrowed a huge amount of money, went out for several days, and went through so much trouble to clean up the shop. Didn't you tell your relatives and friends about the opening of the shop?"
Chen Xuan was a little embarrassed. "For a small business like ours, do we really need to make such a big fuss?"
"How stupid. Doing business is about making friends. If you don't tell your relatives and friends, how can they know that you opened a shop? Apart from other things, if your relatives and friends know, they may think of you in the future if there is business. How can you be so silent? Are you thinking 'Ten years of hard work will be ignored, but one day of fame will be known by the world'?" Wei Nian clicked his tongue twice, and couldn't help but say something harsh to Chen Xuan, "With your IQ, you still want to open a shop? Why don't you transfer the shop to me and you two can work for me. In this way, I will give you two cents for each hat, one cent for you and one cent for Wei Yin, which is not bad. There is no risk, and the income is guaranteed."
"Don't look down on me!" Chen Xuan was so good-tempered that she let out some of her anger at Wei Nian's harsh words. Chen Xuan straightened her neck and said fiercely, "Why should I work for you? If we don't open a shop on our own, Grandpa said that whatever we earn will be ours! I work for you, but you only give me two or two cents for a hat! Do you think I can't count? Just because you look down on me, I must run the shop well and make a lot of money in the future, so that you will envy me to death!"
"Oh my, I'm waiting."
Chen Xuan reminded Wei Nian, "Also, you said that sentence wrong. It should be 'Ten years of hard study, no one cares. Once you become famous, the whole world will know you.' You should read more books when you have time. If I leave you behind in the future, I will laugh at you."
"Oh my, I'm waiting."
Wei Nian just said "Ouch, ouch" and made Chen Xuan angry and run away.
Chen Xuan left the house angrily. Wei Nian watched her walking away very quickly through the window. There was a hint of dissatisfaction in her steps and figure. He couldn't help but touch his chin and laughed out loud.
Chen Xuan went to discuss with Wei Yin about writing and sending invitations. The two sisters-in-law were in huge debt, so they really saved money to the bone. They bought red paper, hard-shell red paper, and gold foil to make the invitations themselves. The style of the invitations was nothing special, but the invitations were also designed by the two of them. There was a hat-shaped embossing on the back made by Wei Nian. The words were written by Chen Xuan. In addition to Chinese characters, there was also a line of English. In addition to pretending to be foreign, Chen Xuan also wanted to send an invitation to Smith to see if Smith was free to come. In addition, relatives and friends were all the ones they thought of, and they sent invitations.
The next thing is to arrange a banquet and invite everyone to dinner.
You can save money on anything, but you can't save money on the banquet. Perhaps to stimulate Wei Nian, Chen Xuan took the risk and decided to go to Zhengyanglou after discussing with Wei Yin.
The two sisters-in-law went together to deliver the invitations. Anyway, all the relatives and friends were informed. Wei Yin even sent a invitation to Teacher Lin from the cram school, and Chen Xuan even shamelessly delivered the invitation to Mr. Wen's home. When Mr. Wen saw that the two sisters-in-law wanted to do business, he asked, "Why did you think of doing business?"
Chen Xuan's eyes were clear and upright. "Sir, we have inquired and found that studying abroad requires a lot of money. Ah Yin wants to study fashion design in Paris in the future. I also want to study abroad in the future, so we can't be without money. A few days ago, I made a hat and sold it on consignment in the shop, and I made more than 70 yuan. We thought, let's just open a hat shop. If we can make more money, we can save money first, and when we have enough, we can go abroad to study."
Mr. Wen laughed. He knew that although the Wei family was in business, they were just a small business family. People like Wei Yin and Chen Xuan had never been to school. Mr. Wen was very happy to hear Chen Xuan say this. "Although I don't have time to visit you, I still wish you a prosperous business and a lot of money."
Chen Xuan hadn't thought that Mr. Wen would come over, she just came over to walk around with courage. Although she was still rejected, Chen Xuan was not discouraged at all, she smiled and said, "Thank you for your good words, Mr. Wen."
Chen Xuan and Wei Yin did not stay for long. When they said goodbye, they met Mrs. Wen and Rong Yang at the door. Rong Yang got out of the car and opened the door for Mrs. Wen. He helped Mrs. Wen out of the car and looked up to see the two sisters-in-law. Chen Xuan looked at Rong Yang with surprise in her eyes. She walked over a few steps and smiled with eyes curved into a crescent moon. "Mr. Rong, you are back in Beijing! What a coincidence, I met Mr. Rong today."
Rong Yang was dressed in a completely Chinese style, wearing a bamboo-green silk robe, holding a Su-style folding fan in his jade-like hands. He was full of demeanor while talking and laughing, and his clear voice seemed to be able to dispel the summer heat. "I just got here too, so it seems that I have a connection with Mrs. Wei and Miss Wei."
Mrs. Wen held up a light bamboo silk umbrella and said, "Why don't you go in and talk?"
Chen Xuan looked at the weather and smiled, "It's almost noon now, so we won't go in. It's a surprise to meet Mr. Rong. Mr. Rong, I read Emma from the list of books you gave me. It's really good. Mr. Rong, when you return to Beijing, will you stay at Mrs. Wen's place or at Dongjiaomin Lane?"
Rong Yang smiled, "I live in the house in Dongjiaomin Lane."
"Okay, I got it." Chen Xuan tilted her head and smiled at Rong Yang, "Then I'll go home first." After saying goodbye to Mrs. Wen again, Chen Xuan happily went home with Wei Yin. The two sisters-in-law had been running around from morning to night delivering invitations these past two days. It was unrealistic to walk on foot, so they simply hired a car. Unlike Rong Yang and Mrs. Wen who took a car, Chen Xuan and Wei Yin used rickshaws to save money. As soon as the two sisters-in-law got on the rickshaw, they saw Rong Yang's driver coming over and said politely, "The master asked me to take the madam and the young lady back."
"How can I feel embarrassed?" Chen Xuan wanted to repay Rong Yang, but didn't want to owe someone else a favor.
When we got home, I wanted to invite the driver to have a drink of water, but he refused and drove back.
Wei Yin couldn't help but ask, "Second sister-in-law, are you very close to Mr. Rong?"
"No, I just met him a few times at the salon."
"Mr. Rong is so polite."
"Yes." As the two talked, they went to Old Lady Wei's room. After Chen Xuan met Old Lady Wei, she went back to her room to change her clothes, and then went to the kitchen to cook lunch with Li.
Knowing that Rong Yang came to Beijing, Chen Xuan wore a straw hat in the afternoon and went to the strawberry garden to pick a bamboo basket of strawberries. She put strawberry leaves on the bottom and covered it with strawberry leaves to decorate it neatly. She also took a blank invitation card and wrote Rong Yang's name on it. After thinking for a while, Chen Xuan took another card and wrote a line of words in a very simple way: I don't know how to tell you, Mr. Rong, my sister-in-law and I are going to open a hat shop. This is an invitation. Mr. Rong, come if you are free. It doesn't matter if you don't have time. It's a very small shop. I'm sorry to disturb you. These are the strawberries I grew myself. Mr. Rong, please try them. I think they taste very good.
Then, in order to show off her English level, Chen Xuan wrote it again in English. Of course, a simple woman like Chen Xuan wanted to show off, but she was always a little shy and felt that her behavior was not good. At the end, she added a Chinese note: I feel that my English has improved a lot compared to last year.
Afterwards, Chen Xuan asked Li Xiao, who had just been hired as the owner of the hat shop, to deliver all the strawberry invitation cards to Rong's house in Dongjiaomin Lane.
When Li Xiao, the young shopkeeper, got home, he told his parents, "Second Young Madam is incredible. People used to say that she was uneducated, but she wrote so many strings of foreign words that I couldn't recognize a single word."
Mrs. Li was incredulous. "Is it that amazing?"
"That's right." Shopkeeper Li said, "I heard from the Second Young Madam and Miss Yin that there were foreigners coming over on the opening day. Miss Yin is very fashionable and even invited someone from the photo studio to come over and said she wanted to take pictures with her. Mother, if you go that day, you have to dress nicely."
"Need I tell you? How can I wear rags when Second Young Madam and Miss Yin's shop is open?" Mrs. Li knew that Wei Yin was always very fashionable. Mrs. Li couldn't help but sigh to Chen Xuan, "The feng shui of Beijing is really good. Second Young Madam got married two years ago and lived in our house for a few days while waiting to get married. It's only been a few days and she has become so successful."
Mrs. Li found it incredible. At this moment, the Second Young Lady, who Mrs. Li thought was incredible, was looking over and over the card Rong Yang had returned to her. Wei Nian almost burst out laughing, and even Chen Xuan couldn't stand hearing his laughter, so she said to Wei Nian, "Be careful, don't laugh until you faint."
Really, what's so funny? Mr. Rong just corrected some grammatical errors on her card, and then wrote four words at the bottom of the card: Keep up the good work.
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